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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in e-learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

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