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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have enabled humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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