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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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