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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

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