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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Pitcairn Islands to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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