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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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