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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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