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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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