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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in e-learning make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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