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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in electronic education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Excelsior College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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