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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions are considering now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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