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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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