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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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