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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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