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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online education have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

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