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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are several topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Indonesia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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