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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators ensure that the education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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