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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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