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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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