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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

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