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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in online education are enabling people all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Columbia University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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