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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions must deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business models are being used by institutions like France to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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