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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in e-learning have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses online. 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 massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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