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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in elearning have empowered humans in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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