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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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