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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC classes are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning organizations have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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