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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that articulates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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