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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in learning technology are empowering humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like openHPI to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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