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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in elearning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Vanderbilt University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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