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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in online learning technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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