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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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