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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australia to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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