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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in digital education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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