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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which articulates topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

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