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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in online learning technology are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal 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 assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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