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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Babson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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