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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new changes in e-learning enable people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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