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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOCs are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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