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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in e-learning have enabled students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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