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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning enable humans all over the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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