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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in elearning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning organizations have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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