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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are considering now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

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