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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Peru to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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