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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in digital education technology have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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