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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants make sure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Johnston Atoll to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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