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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Google+ to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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