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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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