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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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