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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates subjects related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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