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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

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