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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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