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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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