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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

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