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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in learning technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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