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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in electronic education technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Relay Graduate School of Education to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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