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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to participate in online classes. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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