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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning make it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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