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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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