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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in e-learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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