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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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