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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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