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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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