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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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