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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New changes in elearning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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