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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which deals with topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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