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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all around the world to take courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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