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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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