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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Northwestern University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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