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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online education have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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