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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider now that learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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