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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have enabled learners all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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