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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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