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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in online education have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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