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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic education technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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