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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest changes in e-learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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