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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning enable humans in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Finland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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