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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eritrea to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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