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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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