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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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