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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online courses. 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. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high attrition?

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