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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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