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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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