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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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