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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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