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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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