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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning are enabling students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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