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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online learning are empowering learners all over the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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