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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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