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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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