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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that studies issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guinea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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