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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning enable humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high student attrition?

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