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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies topics regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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