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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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