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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advancements in distance learning technology are empowering humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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