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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology enable students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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