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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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