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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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