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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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