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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are empowering students all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

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