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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning enable people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

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