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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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