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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these MOOCs? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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