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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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