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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent gains in elearning make it possible for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. These massively open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

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