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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in distance learning have enabled learners all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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