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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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