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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high learner attrition?

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