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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a book which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

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