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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high learner attrition?

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