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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Yemen to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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