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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Montserrat to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

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