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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. MOOCs are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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