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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Washington 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 low student motivation and high student attrition?

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