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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in online education are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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