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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling learners all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not consistently 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 e-learning technology organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Renton Technical College to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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