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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in online education are providing the means for students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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