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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to consider now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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