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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in online education technology enable people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners 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 lot of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to consider today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Wallis and Futuna to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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