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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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