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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Gambia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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