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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Tanzania to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

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