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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning have empowered students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Botswana to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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