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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that describes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a variety of subjects that e-learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor student motivation and high attrition?

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