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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. New developments in online education have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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