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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online education are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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