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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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