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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic education technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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