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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in online education technology are empowering people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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