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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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