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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

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