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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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