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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

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