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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is adequate? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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