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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

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