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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in elearning technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Central African Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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