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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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