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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in online education are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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