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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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