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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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