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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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