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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Bermuda to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

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