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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning have made it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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