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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in e-learning have empowered students all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education institutions have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Qatar to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

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