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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenupEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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