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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Cameroon to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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