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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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