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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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