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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in online learning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

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