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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in elearning have enabled humans all around the world to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Kingman Reef to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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