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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in elearning are empowering students in nations all aver the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like UWashingtonX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle low student motivation and high student attrition?

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