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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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