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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in distance learning have provided the means for students all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are struggling with now that online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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