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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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