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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning have enabled learners all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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