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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. New changes in learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Guatemala to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

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