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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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