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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering learners all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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