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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest evolvements in elearning are enabling learners all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Concordia University Wisconsin to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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