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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Wesleyan University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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