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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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