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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

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