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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in e-learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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