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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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