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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education technology make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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