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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in e-learning are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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