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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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