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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

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