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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

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