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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student attrition?

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