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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that deals with issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in e-learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are numerous topics that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high attrition?

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