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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning are enabling learners all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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