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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the education provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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