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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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