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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in electronic education technology have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Spain to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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