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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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