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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have enabled humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

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