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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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