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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Georgetown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

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