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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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