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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning enable students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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