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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning are providing the means for humans all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like CaltechX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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