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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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