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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are empowering learners all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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