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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in electronic education technology have enabled people all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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