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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like The Pennsylvania State University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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