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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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