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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Reddit to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

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