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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning technology are enabling learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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