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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education enable people in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Jersey to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

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