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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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