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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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