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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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