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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

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