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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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