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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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