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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in digital education technology enable learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pridnestrovie (Transnistria) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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