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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education technology have empowered learners all around the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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