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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that online education organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like The New School to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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