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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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