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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low student motivation and high attrition?

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