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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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