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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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