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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somaliland to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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