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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Chad to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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