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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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