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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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