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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in electronic educational technology have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because online education technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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