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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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