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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology make it possible for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Namibia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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