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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in digital education technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

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