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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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