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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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