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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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