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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Austria to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle low motivation and high student attrition?

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