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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in e-learning are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Ball State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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