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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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