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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

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