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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. Massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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