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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

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