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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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