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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education have empowered learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Czech Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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