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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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