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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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