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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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