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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning technology enable students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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