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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are considering in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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