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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Australian Antarctic Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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