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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so fast. 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 decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

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