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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education are empowering people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage low student motivation and high student attrition?

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