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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in technology-enhanced learning are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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