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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in learning technology enable people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cyprus to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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