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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

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