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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in electronic education technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Burkina Faso to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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