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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high attrition?

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