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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in e-learning enable people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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