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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education have made it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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