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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take courses online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Afghanistan to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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