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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning are empowering learners all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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