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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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