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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in e-learning technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

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