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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in electronic education technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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