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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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