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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in online education technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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