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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which examines issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like China, People's Republic of to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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