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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like British Indian Ocean Territory to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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