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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like California Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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