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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning have empowered people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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