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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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