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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers issues having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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