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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered people all over the world to take online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

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