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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like MenaVersity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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