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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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