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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOCs are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niger to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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