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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for humans in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low motivation and high attrition?

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