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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle poor motivation and high student attrition?

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