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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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