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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning enable people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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