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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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