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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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