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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Saudi Arabia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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