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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to consider now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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