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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because learning technology is improving so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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