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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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