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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

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