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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Ethiopia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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