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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like OpenupEd to conduct these massive open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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