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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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