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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Kentucky to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

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