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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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