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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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