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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology are empowering humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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