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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

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