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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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