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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

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