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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning make it possible for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Saint Vincent and the Grenadines to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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