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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in digital education technology have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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