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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Guyana to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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