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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Pierre and Miquelon to conduct these massively open online courses? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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