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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which studies issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in elearning technology enable learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Malaysia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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