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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning have empowered students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is decent? How can students make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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