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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in learning technology enable students all over the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Reunion to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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