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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that researches issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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