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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in e-learning are empowering people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mongolia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low student motivation and high attrition?

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