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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in online education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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