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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are dealing with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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