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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in electronic educational technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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