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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning enable people all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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