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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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