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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in learning technology are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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