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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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