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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Argentina to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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