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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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