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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Brunei to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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