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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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