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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online education are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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