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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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