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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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