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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning make it possible for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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