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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered learners all over the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are considering now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Facebook to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high attrition?

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