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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which analyzes topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations have to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

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