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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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