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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning enable humans all around the world to take courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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