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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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