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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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