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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning enable students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Costa Rica to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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