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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning have empowered students all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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