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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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