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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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