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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Princeton University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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