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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which describes topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Reddit to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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