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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in e-learning technology enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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