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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in elearning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with now that learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

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