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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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