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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning enable humans all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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