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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Houston System to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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