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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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