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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online education have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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