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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online education technology are enabling learners all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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