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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning have empowered people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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