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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which researches topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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