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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Gabon to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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