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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning are making it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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