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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education have enabled humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

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