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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Queen Maud Land to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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