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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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