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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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