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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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