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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

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