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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. New gains in digital education technology are making it possible for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can educators assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

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