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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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