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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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