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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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