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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. Massively open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business models are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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