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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning are empowering students in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Mongolia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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