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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in online learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tunisia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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