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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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