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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in technology-enhanced learning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

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