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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Vanuatu to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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