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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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