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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses. New advances in e-learning technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high attrition?

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