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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in e-learning make it possible for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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