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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education are enabling students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so rapidly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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