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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take classes online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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