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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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