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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education technology have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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