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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning are empowering humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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