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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled learners all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students 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 subjects that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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