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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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