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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like openHPI to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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