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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to take part in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Panama to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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