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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that 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 be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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