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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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