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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are empowering people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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