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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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