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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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