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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in online learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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