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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massive open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like The New School to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high attrition?

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