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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

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