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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that investigates issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New developments in distance learning are empowering students in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Laos to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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