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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern gains in electronic educational technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Spain to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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