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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like San Marino to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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