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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

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