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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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