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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology have made it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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