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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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