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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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