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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New improvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like South Ossetia to conduct these massively open online courses? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

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