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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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