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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Gibraltar to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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