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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in e-learning enable people all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Aland to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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