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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Swaziland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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