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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. 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. These online MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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