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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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