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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high dropout rates?

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