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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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