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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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