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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Seychelles to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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