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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in electronic educational technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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