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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advancements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Twitter to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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