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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor motivation and high attrition?

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