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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in elearning technology enable people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rice University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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