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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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