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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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