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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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