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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Palau to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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