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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education enable students all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are considering in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of low motivation and high dropout rates?

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