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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in e-learning are empowering students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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