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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic education technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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