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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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