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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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