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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online learning have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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