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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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