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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado System to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

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