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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are considering today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like UC Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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