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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have enabled people all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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