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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in elearning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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