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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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