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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in elearning technology enable students in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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