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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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