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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Martinique to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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