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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high student attrition?

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