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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in distance learning have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is good? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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