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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in e-learning are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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