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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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