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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable students all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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