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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to 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 teachers ensure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high attrition?

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