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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Somaliland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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