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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that studies issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by organizations like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

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