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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions have to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

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