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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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