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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are considering now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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