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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which reviews subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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