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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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