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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

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