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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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