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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tristan da Cunha to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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