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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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