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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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