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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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