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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

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