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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are considering today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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