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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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