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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning have enabled students all over the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Cuba to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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