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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning have made it possible for students all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations have to struggle with today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

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