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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in digital education technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low motivation and high student attrition?

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