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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in elearning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Grenada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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