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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These online MOOC courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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