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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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