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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning are enabling students in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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