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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bangladesh to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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