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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in online education are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education organizations have to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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