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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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