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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in digital education technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions must deal with now that online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Saint Lucia to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

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