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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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