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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online education technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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