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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online education are empowering people all around the world to take online courses. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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