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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning are enabling humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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