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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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