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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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