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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guadeloupe to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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