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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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