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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in technology-enhanced learning are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Svalbard to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high attrition?

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