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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Google+ to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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