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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massive open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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