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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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