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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that addresses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online education have enabled learners all around the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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