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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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