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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Paraguay to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

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