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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to consider now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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