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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern developments in elearning make it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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