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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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