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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning technology have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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