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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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