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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? How can educators get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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