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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in learning technology are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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