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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of North Carolina to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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