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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in e-learning have empowered humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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