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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like French Polynesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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