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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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