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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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