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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Iraq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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