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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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