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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology enable humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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