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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in e-learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take classes online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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