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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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