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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with poor learner motivation and high attrition?

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