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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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