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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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