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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology have enabled people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Montserrat to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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