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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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