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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are considering now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The John Marshall Law School to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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