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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which discusses issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in online education are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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