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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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