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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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