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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

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