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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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