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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology are enabling humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Elidaemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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