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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have empowered learners all over the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cook Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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