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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

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