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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New gains in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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