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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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