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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

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