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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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