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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like American Samoa to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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