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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in electronic education technology make it possible for humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

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