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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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