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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in electronic education technology enable humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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