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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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