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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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