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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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