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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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