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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in distance learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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