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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education enable learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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