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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic education technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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