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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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