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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in e-learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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