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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in online education are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online education institutions are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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