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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cambodia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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