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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in online learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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