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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily 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 many issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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