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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have empowered learners all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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