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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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