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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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