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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning make it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. 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. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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