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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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