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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Aruba to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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