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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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