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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in online education technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are considering now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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