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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Mauritania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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