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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is passable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

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