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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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