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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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